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Molded Infrared Optics
R. Hamilton Shepard
6.1 Introduction
Over the years production of infrared sensors and laser systems has
increased dramatically and made infrared technology ubiquitous in a host of
military, industrial, commercial, and medical applications. As new markets
are discovered, demand continues to grow for affordable, high-quality opti-
cal systems operating in the infrared. Over the past decade molding tech-
nology has been used to successfully produce high-quality infrared lenses
with surface complexities ranging from simple conics to complex aspheric
diffractives. The topic ...